June 6, 2014 from Kori Blalock Keller, NALC Director of Legislative & Political Affairs Once again, Congress is dropping the ball on postal reform. Rather than working on legislation that fixes the crisis it created with the 2006 mandate to pre-fund future retiree health benefits, and rather than formulating smart reforms that will allow the […]
SPENCER, Okla. – A Spencer mail carrier was attacked on his delivery route. Trekking through severe weather and fighting off dogs and wildlife are all part of the job for a postal worker. It’s rare they have to run away from a homeowner. But it happened to one mail carrier. While delivering on Krammer Street, […]
APWU – June 5, 2014 – In a “Dear Colleagues” letter dated June 3, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) urged his fellow members of the House of Representatives to oppose a proposal to use Postal Service funds to help replenish the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) by ending Saturday mail delivery. The letter, sent to all 435 […]
Congressional Raid on USPS — You Can’t Make This Up! NAPUS – 6/3/14 The latest postal absurdity on Capitol Hill is being perpetuated by high-ranking members of the House Republican Leadership. Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) propose to bail-out the Highway Trust Fund with an […]
APWU – June 2, 2014 – Staples’ board of directors got an earful on June 2, when they attended the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in upscale Palo Alto, CA. Fifty APWU members and supporters – including students from nearby Stanford University – chanted loud enough to be heard throughout the executives’ brief deliberations in the […]
June 2, 2014 – APWU President Mark Dimondstein issued a statement June 2 condemning a proposal by House Republican leaders to raid the Postal Service treasury to shore up the Highway Trust Fund. The statement appears below: “The proposal by House Republican leaders to use Postal Service funds to help replenish the Highway Trust Fund […]
Company Challenged on No-bid Sweetheart Deal with US Postal Service as 21 San Francisco Post Office Stations Reduce Hours of Service APWU – June 2, 2014 – PALO ALTO — Members of the American Postal Workers Union will protest a no-bid, sweetheart deal with the United States Postal Service on Monday, June 2, immediately prior […]
Postal Service Cuts Hours at 21 San Francisco Post Offices USPS Documents Show Hours Reduced at Post Offices Near Staples Stores; Public Postal Counters Are Shrinking, Not Growing, After Secretive Deal with Retail Giant May 29, 2014 – SAN FRANCISCO – In the wake of a secretive, sweetheart deal to outsource postal operations to low-wage, high-turnover Staples stores, […]
Rolando: House GOP plan to aid transportation fund by degrading postal services would damage economy, not achieve goals May 31, 2014—NALC President Fredric Rolando said the proposal by House Republican leaders to temporarily fund highway construction by degrading postal services would damage the economy while failing to achieve desired transportation goals. “This is the latest attempt by […]
From the Examiner – May 31, 2014 – video will load below. “Postal Service workers have served their country with pride for generations. Who would approve a business plan that promises to deliver for pennies a simple letter connecting Americans to one another with efficiency. Only workers dedicated to public service could achieve such a […]